Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 14: A youth was electrocuted to death and another suffered injuries while removing casing pipes after a borewell became defunct at Kotekaru Beeri on the outskirts of the city last night. The victim has been identified as Usman (20), son of Husainar, a resident of Konaje. His colleague Shareef Tiblepadavu (25), was rushed to a hospital after the tragedy. Khaleel, a local contractor

Mysuru, Apr 14: Veteran politician V Srinivas Prasad, who quit the Congress and contested the Nanjangud byelections on a BJP ticket and lost, has announced his retirement from electoral politics. Mr. Prasad who lost by a margin of more than 21,000 votes, told media persons in Mysuru that he will however continue to be in active politics. “This was my 13th elections and I have already said that

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said he would not only contest the 2018 Legislative Assembly election in Karnataka but also lead the Congress party’s campaign. Speaking to presspersons here after the declaration of byelection results, he said that the Congress would remain in power after the 2018 elections and that the people of the State had been “happy with the development

Kasaragod, Apr 14: T K Murshid Ahmed, a missing youth from Kerala’s Kasargod district, was killed on Thursday in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, where the US dropped the “mother of all bombs”, which claimed around three dozen lives, an unconfirmed report said. The US on Thursday dropped a GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and

Nanded, Apr 14: Taking a bizarre stand on farmers’ suicide, independent MLA from Maharashtra Bacchu Kadu sparked controversy by dragging Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini into the row. Dismissing claims that alcoholism was responsible for farmers’ suicide, Kadu said, “Hema Malini drinks everyday, but does she commit suicide?”. Speaking at a press conference in Nanded

New Delhi, Apr 14: The Income Tax department has identified over 60,000 "high risk" persons for probe under the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money' which was launched today to detect black money generation post demonetisation. The CBDT said the category of people who will undergo "detailed investigations" as part of the next phase of the operation include businesses claiming cash sales as

Howrah, Apr 14: A student was killed when he fell down from a running train while trying to take a selfie, while two of his friends were run over and killed by another train when they were searching for him in the tracks in Howrah district today, Government Railway Police (GRP) sources said. A group of students were taking selfies near the door of an EMU train when suddenly one of them fell down

Bengaluru, Apr 14: Claiming that the decision of the Janata Dal (Secular) against contesting the Nanjangud and Gundlupet byelections helped the Congress win the seats, JD(S) State president H.D. Kumaraswamy said if his party had fielded candidates, the BJP might have benefited. The byelection outcome would have no bearing on the 2018 Assembly elections, he said, and added that the results would

Lucknow, Apr 14: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to organise mass weddings for poor Muslim girls in the state. "Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has given his consent to mass weddings of poor girls belonging to minority communities and we have included it in the 100 days' programme of the state government," Minister of State for Minorities Affairs Mohsin Raza said on

Bengaluru, Apr 14: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday quashed the lower court order summoning Sunil Bose, son of Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa. Justice P S Dinesh Kumar allowed the petition filed by Bose, who had challenged the showcause notice issued by the Special Lokayukta Court directing him to appear before the court. The Lokayukta police in Mysuru had registered a case against